The Daily Echo, 1963-03-07

              SHORTRIDGE
DAILY ECHO
Vol. 65, No. 115
Shortridge  High   School,   Indianapolis,   Thursday,  March  7,   1963
3 Cents
Quill and Scroll
Discusses Spring
Projects of Club
The subject of the installation
of the Arlington chapter of the
Quill and Scroll Society was the
main topic of discussion at the
meeting held Monday morning
before school. Scheduled for
April 25, the 10 members of the
Shortridge chapter will install
a similar chapter at Arlington
along with the initiation of the
school's members.
Awards Dinner
Discussed by Club
The members who attended
the early morning meeting also
discussed the Quill and Scroll
Awards Banquet and the contest. This year's Quill and Scroll
contest will have seven divisions: news, editorial, sports,
columns, interviews, feature,
and pictures. This last category
has been added for the sake of
those students who have been
taking Annual pictures this year.
All entries in this category must
have been taken and printed by
the students.
The contest is open to all pupils who haye written for the
Echo since the beginning of this
school year last September. Depending on the number of entries, the first two winning
places if not three, will receive
prizes. The articles will be
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JAMES BURCH DESCRIBES EXPERIENCES
IN AFRICA TO HISTORY CLUB MEMBERS
The History Club took its second trip to Africa Tuesday
night, this time from the adult
point of view. The speaker for
the evening meeting was James
Burch, Shortridge history teacher, who told his experiences
during the last year when he
taught at an African boys'
school in southern Rhodesia.
Mr. Burch Enjoys
African Experiences
Mr. Burch taught in this
school of 200 boys for one school
year. During this period he had
time to travel 3,000 miles in Africa around Christmas time and
4,000 miles in Europe later in
the year. He visited 21 countries
in all, including most African
nations and every Western European nation except for Spain
and Portugal.
Although he cofessed that he
had never taken pictures before,
Mr. Burch accompanied his talk
with some excellent slides. It
was noticeable to the History
Club members that, for an amateur, Mr. Burch was rather proficient in photography. His pictures of Victoria Falls and of
some wild animals were especially interesting.
Slides Show
Modern Trend
His students in Africa were
from a select group, whose ages
STUDENT BOARD SPONSORS ECONOMY
PARIS FLIGHT FOR FRIDAY FESTIVITIES
hostess
Have you ever been to France?
Do you ever expect to go? If
so, it would be safe to assume
that you will be spending a few
hundred dollars at the least. If
you are not going to this gay
country, then you are going to
miss something rather exciting.
How does a trip to Paris for
$2.50 sound? Especially you boys
—how often do you think you
will be able to take your date
into the land of romance for
only $2.50?
A .special trip to France is being organiized this Friday night.
The tour will assemble at the
gym and will take off at 8:30.
The $2.50 flight fare guarantees
passage on the Student Board
travelways special (the gym
doors), with arrival giving a
full view of the Eiffel Tower,
confronted by those fascinating
kiosks, and in the romantic atmosphere that so characterizes
"Paris in Spring."
Guests will receive a ballot to
vote for their favorite
(Bluebelle) and pilot (Uglyman). Until the ballots are
counted the tourists will sight-
see and take in a little dancing.
Some lively street bands are
present in Paris, outstanding of
which is the Fred Buck Quartet.
Since this is the height of the
tourist season, Paris merchants
will furnish free refreshments.
And later in this delightful evening, you will be treated to entertainment, the high point of
which is the announcement of
most popular hostess (Bluebelle)
and pilot (Uglyman).
Does this trip sound pretty
nice? If you like the sound, but
are still a little dubious, drop by
Friday night about 8:30 and listen in for a while. Don't expect
to get away, though. The atmosphere of Paris in the spring. is
overpowering.
Don't be late for the first
flight. You will want to enjoy
every minute of your trip.
ranged from 14 to 24. They all
spoke fluent English and were,
for the most part, bright students. Mr. Burch has received a
letter from one inquiring about
scholarship possibilities in the
United States.
Mr. Burch's talk and slides
agreed with those of senior Paul
Davis, who spoke at an earlier
meeting, in disproving the idea
that Africa is still a primitve
and wild country. Several modern
towns and other signs of progress were evident even In Southern Rhodesia, which is in the
heart of South Africa.
Spring Trip
Planned by Club
History Club members decided
(o take their spring trip to
Southern Indiana with an overnight stay, at French Lick. The
trip which was outlined at a
previous meeting by Mrs. Elsie
Howard, club sponsor, will be
May 5 and 6. Contracts with a
bus company and the French
Lick hotel will be made immediately.
Jay Alenxader was initiated
into History Club before the
program. He gave an extemporaneous speech on his nickname,
"Buzz," as his initiation requirement.
Library Assistants,
Sponsors to Attend
Spring Workshop
Two library assistants, Frank
Lee and Adrlanne Wand, will be
representing Shortridge along
with the librarians Mrs. Esther
Cavanagh and Mrs. Betty Jacobs at the spring conference
workshop of B.O.O.K.
Held at Arlington High School,
the workshop is scheduled for
March 9, from 9 a.m. to about
4 p.m. The conference will begin with the usual general assembly. Those pupils from the
various high schools who have
signified their intentions of run-
ing for one of the council's offices will give their campaign
speeches at this time.
At 10:15 a show is scheduled
to be given in Arlington's new
planetarium. Before and after
lunch there will be workshops
covering everything from book-
mending to librarianship as a
career.
After the second workshop will
come the business meeting where
the officers will be elected and
installed.
Senior Breakfast
to Feature 'Come
as You Were'
Come as you were at about
11 o'clock Saturday morning,
March 2. These are part of the
instructions for seniors in preparation for the Senior Breakfast next Saturday morning at
9 a.m. in the cafeteria. Unfortunately not all seniors were
reached by telephone last Saturday so they will have to remember faithfully what they
were wearing that morning.
Not only must seniors come
dressed in their "home clothes"
but they are instructed to bring
food. As announced by the
breakfast committee, Eileen
Bill, Chicquita Booker, Zanda
Creighton, Susie Sebree, Diana
Skillman, and Diane Sweet, the
food list is as follows:
.GIRLS:
A-F   Cereal
Doughnuts (dozen)
Sweetrolls  (dozen)
Fruit
G-L
M-R
S-Z
BOYS:
A-N
M-V
W-Z
Milk  (quart)
Chocolate milk   (quart)
Orange juice
The breakfast will be followed
by a regular class meeting. John
Allerdice, senior class president,
has announced that after the
meeting a special film will be
shown in Room 241. Entitled
"Life's Higher Goals," the film
is done by Olympic star, the
Rev. Bob Richards.
Remember, seniors, come as
you were and bring some food.
John Allerdice, senior class
president, is looking for a crowd.
Publicity Commtitee
for Play to Meet
This Afternoon
The Footlights Club and the
publicity committee for the all-
school play will hold a meeting
tonight to make posters and to
discuss publicity and promotion
plans. The group met last Monday to prepare for this meeting.
Although there are already
eight people on the publicity
committee, chairman Grant
Shipley is looking for pupils who
can draw, letter, make cartoons,
or who have some new ideas for
promotion. Any student is eligible for a part on the committee,
but the committee must be
drawn up soon.
The play, "Arsenic and Old
Lace," will be presented March
22 and 23.